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No. 288.945. Patented Nov. 2o, 1883.v

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM B. KIMBALL, OF PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO ELBRIDGE HOWE &v CO., 0F SAME PLAGE.

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SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 288,945, dated November 20, 1883.

Application filed September 26, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. KIMBALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Peterborough, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Trusses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my iniproved truss. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same through line :v :v in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the neck of the trusspad through line y y.

Similar letters or' reference `indicate corresponding parts in all the ligures.

My invention has relation to trusses for the treatment of hernia; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of thesaine, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, whereby the truss-pad may readily be adjusted and fixed in any desired position.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the truss bandv or strap, and B the pad, which may be of any desired material. To the back of this is secured the plate C, upon which is fastened, by a screw, D, a smaller plate, E, having a curved neck or projection, F, which is serrated transversely, as shown at f in Fig. 2. Upon this curved neck nts the serrated and curved plate G, the serrations g of which are adapted to engage the notches or serrations f in neck F. The part G has a slot, H, through which is inserted the screw I, having a ring, J, inserted through its head for operating it, and fittingwith its lower end into the screw-hole F in the bent neck-plate F. This part G is in one piece with a plate, K, which is bent in a plane at right angles to part- G, and is, like this, serrated on its under side, as

its head for operating it, said screw working through a slot, Q, in the curved and serrated part K.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the manner of adjusting the pad in respect of the band will readily loe understood. It will be seen that by loosening either one or both of the adjusting-screws I and P the pad may be adjusted in two dili'erent planes at any desired angle, as circumstances may require, the pad being fastened firm] y in its adj usted position by tightening down the screws, so as to cause the serrated part G K to bind against the parts F and L, respectively.

Having thus described my invention, I cla-inl 'and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- As an improvement in trusses, the combi'- nation of the strap or band A, having strapplate O, swiveled plate M, provided with the bent and serrated neck or projection L, having screw-hole L', the connecting link or plate G K, constructed as described, and having slots II and at right angles to each other, adjusting-screws or binding-screws D and l?, plate E, having the curved and transverselyserrated neck F, plate G, and the truss-pad B, the whole constructed and combined to operate in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and specied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM B. KIMBALL.

Witnesses:

EZRA M. SMITH, D. M. VHITE. 

